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Sabra zoo

"It is the summer of 1982 and Beirut is under siege. Eighteen year old Ivan's parents have just been evacuated from the city with other memebers of the Palestine Liberation Organisation. Ivan stays on, interpreting for international medical volunteers in Sabra refugee camp by day, getting stoned with them at night, and working undercover for the PLO. Hoping to get closer to Eli, a Norwegian physiotherapist, he helps her treat Youssef, a camp orphan disabled by a cluster bomb. An unexpected friendship develops between the three and things begin to look up ... But events take a nasty turn when the president-elect is assassinated. The Israeli army enters Beirut and surrounds the camp, with Eli and Youssef trapped inside. Are rumours of a massacre in the camp true? Will Ivan be able to salvage anything from the chaos?"--Publisher.続きを読む

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Winner of the Commonwealth Writer's Prize, South Asia and Europe Best First Book.

物理形態：

230 pages ; 20 cm

責任者：

Mischa Hiller.

概要：

A prize winning debut novel set during the first Lebanese Civil War in 1982, in the run up to the Sabra and Shantilla Camp massacres. Sabra Zoo follows the story of 18 year-old Ivan as he interprets for the international medical volunteers by day, gets stoned by night and works undercover for the PLO.続きを読む

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'A stunning, defiant debut' The Guardian 'A chilling rites-of-passage novel set in Beirut in 1982 during the killings in the camps' The Economist 'A moving and haunting novel, a narrative for our tormented times' Fergal Keane 'This darkly humorous, often harrowing novel demonstrates that in the chaos of conflict there are no easy or obvious decisions.' Metro 'A gripping novel about the conflict between personal and political loyalties' Telegraph 'Hauntingly written, with a wonderful touch for human feelings' Daily Mail 'Beautifully told,ambitous and important, this is a debut with something to say.' Ronan Bennett 'Harrowing and heartfelt but never overwrought - Hiller creates a truly terrifying vision of hell - A bold shift into the heart of darkness.' Independent 'Hiller's evocation of the war through a teenager's eyes gives this novel both depth and gravitas - This novel reminds us that even the chaos of war can't thwart the complexities of the human spirit and the mysteries of love.' Literary Review続きを読む